RCL 12 is still out there on the bottom somewhere. In the August 1961 CNE tugboat race she was rammed by another tug, shortly before her skipper died at the wheel of a heart attack. Despite this, she still managed third place. Two months later she sank mysteriously leaving her crew frantically bailing a leaky lifeboat.

Skipper's Death Casts a Pall Over Tug RaceGlobe and Mail, 08/20/61The death of a skipper threw a pall over the semi-comic race of wallowing tugboats at the Canadian National Exhibition last night. Capt. Willian Hatton, 51, of Port Credit was taking the Russell Construction Ltd.'s RCL 12 around the first turn when he slumped over the wheel...

Lake Tug In Leaky LifeboatGlobe and Mail, 10/23/61Captain loses second ship, first day out for deckhand. Three seamen were rescued from a lifeboat on Lake Ontario after their tug sank for no apparent reason six miles south of Toronto Sunday. Two of the crew claimed the lifeboat was leaking so badly they were forced to bail for their lives...

Tug Sinks, 3 Rescued Near TorontoSource unknownThe 48 ton, 65 foot tug, built at Owen Sound in 1958, is believed down in water at least 200 feet deep. The sinking occured in 5 foot waves while the tug was en route to assist a sister tug in towing dredging equipment through the Welland Canal toward Toronto...

Tug Sinking Still MysteryToronto Star, 10/23/61Crew of "Jinx" Claims Lifeboat Leaky. A "jinxed" tugboat sank mysteriously in broad daylight six miles off Toronto yesterday two months after her skipper dropped dead at the wheel in the CNE tugboat race...

Although not confirmed, there is a good chance this photo shows both RCL 11 (foreground) and RCL 12 (middle) at the Canadian Dredge & Dock Inc. wharf in Kingston, in 1959 or 1960. Photo courtesy Rene Beauchamp.